Deaths of migrants crossing the sea to Europe more than doubled in first half of 2021: IOM
The International Organization of Migration (IOM), a UN agency, claimed that more than 1,146 people drowned while crossing the sea between January and June this year, in comparison to 513 victims in the same period last year
Turkey announces troop deployment in Libya
The move is being seen as part of Turkey’s attempts to consolidate its position as a regional hegemon. The actual deployment of troops will take place once the Turkish parliament ratifies the decision
As the war in Libya escalates, external powers compete over its resources
The proxy war being waged in Libya for almost a decade has heated up with regional and international powers, including Turkey, competing for greater control over the region’s resources
Israeli navy attacks Gaza fishermen at sea without provocation
The attack took place despite the fact that the Palestinians were fishing in a permitted fishing zone off the coast of Khan Younis in the south of the blockaded Gaza strip
- Women in Croatia say enough to conservative obstruction of right to abortion
- Belgian workers demand scrapping of Wage Margin Act of 1996
- Protests surge against US-Greece agreement on bases
- Colombia decriminalizes medically assisted suicide for critically ill patients
- Teachers in Morocco on strike to protest legal persecution by authorities over protests
